You Only Live Once, right? Well I wanna live this life no longer insecurely. I am finding my confidence.

I haven't been a part of a forum community since I was 14 or 15 and I loved the community but outgrew the common forum interest. If I recall, it had to do with a television show I liked to watch at the time.

While combing the interwebs to find accountability in my weight loss journey, I came across this website and I really like it. I usually am not very good at introductions but yeah here it is.

I am 21 and a twin sister. My twin and I both struggle hard with our weight (but she is shorter and shows weight on her a lot more than I do). I am a student at University of Tennessee in Knoxville and I have absolutely BALLOONED since getting to college. I used to run track in high school and at my smallest, I was around 150 lbs. I look back at photos of myself from high school and I'm kinda ashamed at where I am now. Anyways. This is the year I take control of that. I don't want to do any fad diets because I don't want the weird malnutrition affects that come from that and I also know I couldn't stick to them if I tried.

Right now, my goal is to be 10 lbs slimmer by the end of the month. I have gotten into the habit the last 5 or 6 months of watching really closely what I eat so now I am just trying to steer clear of fast food, sodas and sweets. Eventually, I want to be 170 lbs because that is where my BMI put me at a healthy weight. I need to do this now, while I am still so young. I don't want to graduate college and be heavy. I want to do this the right way. The way that will stick.

So yeah there's some bio about me. Thanks for taking the time out to read it and say hi!

This site is FANTASTIC for support!
And after reading your story, and seeing your stats, I'd like to invite you to my little group! it's just a thread called "tall twins to One-Derland" and the twin thing refers to a fun thing we do around here called finding your "body twin" someone with the same or nearly the same stats and goals as yourself! I took that a step further, and went with similar ages too, and invited everyone I came across to be a part of it! We check in regularly, just like any other support thread, but I feel that we have a really distinct understanding of losing weight when you're tall! (-er for a woman!) the fact that you can carry much more than people could believe, and how much you have to lose to actually see progress can be really discouraging, so! We grouped up and here we go!! I'm not speaking for everyone, but most of us there are aiming for around ten pounds a month. So feel free to drop in and see if we're the support you need!
Best of luck on your journey! See ya round!

Hi!! I actually found that thread a few minutes ago because I was searching around in the 20-somethings community! I always forget how much I despise trying to lose weight when I remember how it looks like I have lost nothing (result wise) when the scale reads 10 lbs lighter. I agree, it is really discouraging. It's nice to know of a community that can support that specific feeling! How cool!

welcome! tall girls stand up!!!

Thanks all! I'm super glad to be here!

Welcome! You came to the right place. And I must say, I can relate. Basically the reason I came back here again, (I came here once before and was very successful, but quickly gave up and lost all my progress +some), is because I had a mental breakdown one night over losing time. Watching life pass me by. Being young, and fat and not being able to be happy, confident, and just live. So yeah, I get it! But you're taking the right first steps! We're all here for you.